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Miloš Forman at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2009, Czech Republic

FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary to Honour Milos Forman

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-04-24

PRAGUE: The 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF will honour the recently deceased Oscar-winning Czech director Milos Forman at its opening ceremony on 29 June 2018 with a screening of his 1966…

Film Archives Congress Meets in Prague

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-04-23

PRAGUE: The 74th Congress of FIAF, the International Federation of Film Archives, is running from 22 to 27 April 2018 in Prague, hosted by the National Film Archives of the…

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports 13 Czech Minority Coproductions

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-04-20

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund has announced grants for thirteen Czech minority coproduction projects of all genres in 2018, as a sign of the growing awareness by Czech filmmakers of…

Ex Oriente Deadline Next Week

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-04-20

PRAGUE: The Ex Oriente documentary development workshop is accepting applications for its 2018 programme through 24 April 2018.

The Ark of Lights and Shadows by Jan Svatoš

FNE IDF DocBloc: More Czech Docs Get Cinema Releases

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-04-20

A higher than normal number of Czech films have received cinema distribution recently.

Dad’s Volha Hits 2 M USD Mark

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-04-19

PRAGUE: The Czech dramatic comedy/mother-and-daughter road movie Dad’s Volha / Tatova volha by Jiri Vejdelek has topped the 2 M USD mark after six weeks in distribution in the Czech…

Visegrad Animation Forum Adds Features to its Pitching Session

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-04-18

TREBON: The sixth annual Visegrad Animation Forum, held 1-3 May 2018 in the Czech spa town of Trebon, will add six animated feature film projects to its established short film…

Barbora Poláková in Quartette by Miroslav Krobot

FNE at 2018 Finále Plzeň: Quartette

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-04-18

PLZEN: Quartette / Kvarteto by Miroslav Krobot will screen at the 31st edition of the Finále Plzeň Film Festival. The most important Czech national film festival, presenting contemporary Czech and…

Applications Open for Czech Script Consulting Incubator

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-04-18

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund is accepting applications for the 2018 Script Consulting Incubator through 25 April. The incubator provides development support, along with financial and dramaturgical support, for Czech…

FNE at 2018 Finále Plzeň: The Third Wish

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-04-17

PLZEN: The Czech/Slovak Christmas comedy The Third Wish / Přání k mání by Vít Karas will screen at the 31st edition of Finále Plzeň Film Festival. The most important Czech…

MIDPOINT TV Launch Heads to Plzen

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-04-17

PRAGUE: The second workshop of the 2018 MIDPOINT TV Launch programme will take place at the Plzen Finale film festival from 19 to 24 April.

OBITUARY: Milos Forman

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-04-16

PRAGUE: Two-time Oscar-winning Czech director Milos Forman died on 13 April 2018 at age 86.

FNE at 2018 Finále Plzeň: Barefoot

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-04-16

PLZEŇ: Barefoot, the latest in the series of films created by the son and father team of Jan and Zdeněk Svěrák, will screen at the 31st edition of Finále Plzeň…

FNE at 2018 Finále Plzeň: 8 Heads of Madness

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-04-16

PLZEŇ: A film inspired by the fate of Russian poet Anna Barkova, 8 Heads of Madness by Marta Nováková, will screen at the 31st edition of Finále Plzeň Film Festival,…

FNE at 2018 Finále Plzeň: Ice Mother

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-04-13

PLZEN: Ice Mother / Bába z Ledu by Bohdan Sláma, winner of six Czech Lions, will screen at the 31st edition of Finále Plzeň Film Festival. The most important Czech…

FNE at 2018 Finále Plzeň: Little Crusader

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-04-13

PLZEŇ: Little Crusader / Křižáček by Václav Kadrnka will screen at the 31st edition of Finále Plzeň Film Festival. The most important Czech national film festival, presenting contemporary Czech and…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Apply for Ex Oriente Film Workshop 2018

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-04-13

Applications for Ex Oriente Film Workshop 2018 are open until 24 April 2018. The first of the three sessions takes place in Trieste, Italy from 17 to 23 June 2018.

Unique Footage from Stalinist Show Trial Discovered in Czech Republic

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-04-12

PRAGUE: Unique historical audiovisual material was discovered in an old bankrupt factory in Central Bohemia. A preliminary inspection has revealed it to be a record of the political show trial…

FNE at 2018 Finále Plzeň: Garden Store: Deserter

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-04-12

PLZEN: The second part of Jan Hřebejk´s trilogy Garden Store / Zahradnictví: Deserter / Dezertér will screen at the 31st edition of Finále Plzeň Film Festival. The most important Czech…

FNE at 2018 Finále Plzeň: Skokan

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-04-11

PLZEN: The Czech/French coproduction Skokan directed by Petr Václav will screen at the 31st edition of Finále Plzeň Film Festival. The most important Czech national film festival, presenting contemporary Czech…